MWAutoNumber for MechWorks PDM Automation.

AutoNumber Format Options – Configurations Tab

Resulting in the newly inserted configuration being assigned the part number from the file’s name followed by the defined Prefix (which is a dash and an opening parenthesis) followed by the configuration’s original name ( 004 ) followed by the defined Suffix (which is the closing parenthesis):

NOTE: Sometimes the goal is to add configurations within the SolidWorks file that are not managed by MechWorks PDM. This can be accomplished by ensuring that the configuration’s name is not included within the MechWorks PDM options for managing configurations. In the following example, the user adds a configuration within SolidWorks named “ Simplified ” which is purposely excluded from being registered within MechWorks PDM, so the AutoNumber process is not triggered:

For more on this concept, please see the MechWorks PDM documentation for managing specific configuration records (noted within the figure in the right above).

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